COVID-19 | The Public Health Advocate

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Dental Health During COVID-19

Access to dental health became uncertain and potentially unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic. This has led to many new innovations, like tele-health visits.

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Political Polarization and Public Health

The American political environment has seen a dramatic shift toward hostility and polarization. This partisanship has disastrous consequences for public health.

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Outreach Involving the Unhoused During COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has been especially difficult to track and combat in the homeless population in America, many of whom are considered high-risk.